Howard Gordon is going to heroic measures for Fox.
The network has placed a script plus penalty order from "Homeland" executive producer Gordon (pictured) for a "'superhero' origin story" currently titled "Vigilant."
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The story, which Gordon is executive-producing along with "Chronicle" writer Max Landis (who's also writing "Vigilant"), will be told from the perspective of a brilliant 20-year-old woman who is also a social outcast.
After an honorable veteran detective is brutally coerced into working for the corrupt head of Internal Affairs, the detective's daughter plans her revenge by meticulously constructing a fictional vigilante persona to take on the criminal elements within the police department and the city.
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The project will be produced by Teakwood Lane, Gordon's recently established production company under 20th Century Fox Television. Teakwood Lane head of television Hugh Fitzpatrick will co-executive produce.
Hollywood Reporter first reported the news of the "Vigilant" deal.